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Making peace

Kathryn Ann Kimbro

Peacemakers can help troublemakers be peacemakers.

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Messiah's gift to you

In our heart's depth we all want to be better, to find a deeper purpose, to feel that our lives really matter.

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Christmas and salvation

Margaret Campbell

Christmas proclaims God's all-embracing love for us. Our holiday celebration should include, not crowd out, the healing and regeneration this love brings.

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A life of action

Nathan A. Talbot

It may be surprising to learn that real rest comes from spiritual activity — from expressing Christly love, from exercising integrity, from giving unselfishly — not from going to sleep.

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Joy rising from the ashes of the past

A writer tells of how painful memories of teen sexual abuse were healed through spiritual rebirth and a fresh view of what purity really is.

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The singing prayer

Susan Dane

Songs, hymns, rejoicing — they aren't frivolous extras. When our heart sings in celebration of the power of Spirit, we can be restored both mentally and physically.

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We are the children

Betty L. Boutilier

Childhood's joy may be so appealing because we feel lost innocence. But our childlikeness is restored by a growing appreciation of our nature as the child of God.

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Alone at Christmas?

Tonny A. Bundesen

The author discovers that her fear of being alone and without friends or relatives at Christmastime is the symptom of a much deeper problem. She learns more about God as "the closest relative."

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Strengthening the capacity to do good

Lieber Anker

Today's good deeds are not necessarily gone tomorrow. When accompanied by prayer and spiritual commitment, they can be both healing and lasting in their effect.